Sen. Collins slams NIH analysis cuts, urges funding be restored
WASHINGTON — Sen. Susan Collins (Maine), the Republican chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, rebuked the Trump administration for reducing federal biomedical analysis funding, cancelling grants, and shedding federal well being division workers, and mentioned the modifications have to be reversed.
“Proposed funding cuts, the firing of important federal scientists, and coverage uncertainties threaten to undermine the inspiration for our nation’s world management,” she mentioned Wednesday at a listening to titled “Biomedical Analysis: Protecting America’s Edge in Innovation.”
Collins is without doubt one of the strongest Republicans to talk out towards President Trump’s cuts. The listening to consists of researchers from Collins’ state of Maine and from Alabama. Alabama Republican Sen. Katie Britt additionally has raised considerations about cuts to college analysis grants.
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